Activision confirms that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Directed mode has nearly doubled the number of players completing the main Zombies quest. While many Black Ops 6 Zombies players prioritize survival, Directed mode significantly impacts story engagement.

Since World at War, the Call of Duty Zombies mode has featured a progressively expanding narrative, continuing in Black Ops 6. Despite a decline in the overall Black Ops 6 player base, the Zombies mode retains a large, dedicated community. The wave-based gameplay, with increasingly difficult enemies, often prioritizes upgrading weapons and defenses over story completion for many players. Introduced in Season 1, Black Ops 6's Directed mode is already proving highly successful.

A recent Call of Duty blog post reveals Directed mode boosted the main quest completion rate from 4% to 8.23%. This data, calculated from 480 million hours of gameplay (a small portion post-Directed mode's November 14th release), demonstrates Treyarch's goal of increasing main quest participation. While the doubling of completions is considered a success, Treyarch acknowledges that over 90% of players still don't complete the main quest and are exploring further improvements.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Directed Mode: A Significant Improvement

Part of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Season 1 update (including three new maps and two game modes), Zombies' Directed mode provides guided progression, enhancing the community's experience with the latest Zombies storyline. This storyline, encompassing interdimensional portals, zero-point energy, time travel, and teleportation, can be challenging for newcomers to follow. Unlike previous installments, which largely left players to navigate the story independently, Directed mode offers crucial assistance.

Directed mode is enabling more Zombies fans to complete the main quest than ever before. As Treyarch continues to update Black Ops 6, further adjustments to Zombies and Directed mode may further improve main quest completion statistics.